"Get off the pitch, it's been an embarrassing season" 😡
Leyton Orient boss Richie Wellens was angry at his players for celebrating avoiding relegation on the final day.
Sunderland’s rise this season has been one of the standout stories in football.
A club that has spent the last decade fighting its way up, is now flying in its first season back in the Premier League.
Tom Burwell, interim CEO, has seen this up close as a board member, but is now stepping up with a club that is building a model that can actually sustain their place in the top flight.
Because @SunderlandAFC isn’t a typical football club… 1 in 10 people in the city holds a season ticket.
And business decisions aren’t just financial, they’re cultural. So now comes the hardest part. Turning a local, community-driven club into a global Premier League business without losing what made it special in the first place.
🗣️ “ The relentless obsession for performance on & off the field has to be our driver”
That shift changes everything:
- How you grow revenue
- How you build a fanbase
- How you approach sponsorship
- How you think about media and storytelling
But more importantly, how do you build a modern football club.
All on Business of Sport 🔥
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🗣️ ''That's the kind of incident that comes because defenders are trying to shield the ball''
Analysis on the collision between Cristian Romero and Antonin Kinsky after Romero tried to shield the ball from Brian Brobbey.
🗣️ ''It's a clear push in the back, it's a penalty all day''
Mike Dean believes Sunderland should have had a penalty in the early stages at Bournemouth with referee Jarred Gillett and VAR thinking otherwise.